#cars

[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!

The Blade Battery was born from grief. It was engineered by people who had watched their own lab burn, and who decided, with a resolve that borders on the religious, that it would never happen again.

Cargo bikes won’t solve every problem we have. But they can certainly help make our communities more livable.

In a previous article, I created a concept for in-car climate controls focusing on simple, physical controls. I've now found the time to turn this concept into reality through a rotary dial with dynamic haptic feedback. Along the way, I tested what makes dials feel intuitive, explored haptic design principles, and compared my approach to what carmakers are doing today.

When I’m driving, it’s actually unsafe for my car to be operated in that way. It’s hard to generalize and say, buttons are always easy and good, and touchscreens are difficult and bad, or vice versa. Buttons tend to offer you a really limited range of possibilities in terms of what you can do. Maybe that simplicity of limiting our field of choices offers more safety in certain situations.

Neil Peart's final book - a coffee table book highlighting his extensive "Silver Surfers" car collection - officially releases today

If a car gets in trouble, a human can use the car’s cameras and microphone to grok what’s going on.

If a car gets in trouble, a human can use the car’s cameras and microphone to grok what’s going on.

Article note: I kind of want this. While it may not have the style of an electric DeLorean, Ford's now letting consumers get in line for the 2012 all-electric Focus, which carries a base MSRP of $39,200. The Focus will be going head to head with Nissan's Leaf and Chevy's Volt in the expanding e...

"John Schnatter sold the gold-and-black 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 for $2,800 in 1983. The money helped save his father's tavern in Jeffersonville, Ind., and he used the rest to start what would become a worldwide pizza business. But he still missed his beloved Camaro and spent years searching for it. He created a website on the search, held promotional appearances and eventually offered $250,000 to whoever found it."

"100 years ago this year, the founders of General Motors convinced the world to give up their horses and saddles and buggy whips to try a new form of transportation. Now it is time for us to say goodbye to the internal combustion engine. It seemed to serve us well for so long. We enjoyed the car hops at the A&W. We made out in the front -- and the back -- seat. We watched movies on large outdoor screens, went to the races at NASCAR tracks across the country, and saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time through the window down Hwy. 1. And now it's over. It's a new day and a new century. The President -- and the UAW -- must seize this moment and create a big batch of lemonade from this very sour and sad lemon. "

"Yes, the photo above is real: It is Animal—from The Muppets—driving a British Audi while speeding through a German road. The famous pink drummer is driving the police there absolutely crazy, because he keeps doing it again and again. Or better said, the real driver is, using a low-tech approach to take advantage of a weak point of the radar cameras."

"It's equal parts awesome and illegal."

"Featuring what appears to be a Sears Atari 2600 clone and a 13-inch CRT with a custom fake-ice RIVIERA logo, there's no wonder Kevin, the owner, says this whip is his "absolute pride and joy.""

Deloreans at the 2007 Woodward Dream Cruise. (funny, I've bought beer at that party store before)

"Daredevil attempts to jump a rocket-assisted Lincoln over the St. Lawrence river."

Need to keep a supply of these in the glove box

"When we get behind the wheel of a car, we may think we gain a bird's power of flight, but actually we are poor, pathetic imitators of birds."

"Ghost riding was started not to see people succeed, but to see people fail ... They want to see people run into trees, run over their foot."

It's like a parade of morons!

"These people are cool, they have the cars to prove it. So can you. And then go to the convention. One man's shadowy journey. Could Heat Vision be next?"

"We figured it was almost like giving music to the Army, or Exxon" I'd be *more* likely to listen to a band after I heard they turned down Hummer.

"Unfortunately, my good experiences with the Honda Music Link iPod Adapter ended here."

Jellio Design took inspiration from those classic toys to create TURBO, a one-of-a-kind wall sculpture designed to evoke fond memories from a model-making childhood. Apparently, they are only making ten of these awesome sculptures; so if you want one, bet

"I have visited the Phaeton assembly plant in Dresden several times, and thoroughly enjoyed each visit."

' "Well, sir, that's a switchblade style, and that's a prohibited item,'' Mr. Rau said he was told. ''We're going to have to confiscate that.'' ' The terrorists have succeeded in making us look like morons, yet again.

"From an interview I did today with GM's Gary Grates, VP Communications for North America..."

"A Winsted man believes the sweet smell of the vegetable oil he uses to fuel his car attracted the bear that damaged the vehicle white trying to get at the biodiesel."

"I am pleased to announce that one of my favorite ExtremeTech books to date, Geek My Ride is now available ... at most book sellers. "

Uh.. wha? "Two people have been injured - one seriously - after a car "took off" and smashed into the top floor of a house."

'Welcome to "The Detroit Project," our grassroots campaign to prod Detroit automakers to build cars that will get Americans to work in the morning without sending us to war in the afternoon -- cars that will end our dependence on foreign oil.'

"Not safe - not clean - not cool"

"Is the world so scary that you need a car that doubles as a safe room?"

"finally found printed proof that they actually do sell cars this way in PA (and MD too I guess)" Wow.

“What I gotta’ do to get that brand new 300 up outta’ you?” Uh... WTF?

"Higgins said most diesel vehicles do not have to be modified to burn biodiesel, and auto manufacturers support fueling their vehicles with biodiesel, which burns cleaner than standard fuel."

Holy crap. And my Mom was worried for my safety in such a small car when I was lusting after a Mini...

"Detroit helped create this incentives monster."

"Prius models equipped with "Bluetooth" offer the ability to interface with Bluetooth-enabled cell-phones, providing a convenience well beyond just a hands-free connection."

"So, if you see it our way, tell a Hummer owner what you think and show 'em the bird."

What the hell is the point? Smaller? It's like caffeine-free sugar-free Mountain Dew. Either way, I'll still be flipping them off.